Citizenship and Immigration in Post-war Britain

The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation

Randall Hansen

Citizenship and Immigration in Post-war Britain

The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation

Randall Hansen

Description

In this contentious and ground-breaking study, Randall Hansen draws on extensive archival research to provide a new account of the transformation of the UK into a multicultural society through an analysis of the evolution of immigration and citizenship policy since 1945. Against the prevailing academic orthodoxy, he argues that British immigration policy was not racist but both rational and liberal.

Citizenship and Immigration in Post-war Britain

The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation

Randall Hansen

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"In this well-researched, lucid, and at times pungent account, Hansen delves deeply into the archives to produce the definitive political history of Britain's abandonment of a relatively open, postimperial migration regime and adoption of restrictive, racialized immigration controls."--nternational Relations